Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-12-01
Same Strange Antiquities.

II seems absolutely Incredible that
Peter the Great, the father of the Ris-
an navy. should shudder at the sight of
water. whether running or still, yet SO
it was, specially when alone. His
palace gardens, beautiful though they
were. he never entered. because the
rver MoSera flowed through them.
His cOachnaa had orders TO avoid all
roads which led past streams, and if
compelled TO cross II brook or bridge,
the great emperor would t with closed
windows in cold perspiralion. An
Other. monarch, James l. the Engl sh
Solomon, rs lie liked to be called, had
many antipathies, chiefly Tobacco, Ing
and pork. He never oyercame his in
ability to look with composure ut q
drawn sword; and il is said that on one
occasion, when giving the accotttte, the
king turned his face aside, nearly
woundng the new made knight. Hen
nv Ill. of France, hai SD great dis
like for cats that he tainted at the
sight of one. We suppose that in this
case the Cit had to waive ITS proverb-
ial preoyatvu aud could not look al Il
king. Tbs W Il seem rs absurd rs eX.
traord nary 10 lad lovers OF t'iat much
pett"d amin !, but what are we to say
OF The countess of Lnmbele, of whose
unhappy history, la whom V Olet was
Il til ny of horror? Even In > is not
without is Precedent, FOR 1t IS on rec
cord Tn { Vincent The pa ntcr was se'z-
ed with vertigO y i swooned at the
smell at roses. Scallger states that
one Of h relnl OnS was made i'll at the
5 yh al II iii anu he himself would
thru pal. 1t the sight of waler-crcsses,
and con,d n,y.r drink milk,
Charles Kingsley, naturalist rs he was
TO the core. had great horror OF
sp drrs; and in "Glaucus." after saw
II" th,t ever one seems to have his
IN . ,tlicic animal, cont nues: Il
know one (himselD bred from his child
hood to Zoology by land and sea, and
boil in asserting an honest n feeling
that all thont exception Is beautiful.
who vet cannot, after handl ng ana
pelling and examining, all day long,
ever uncouih anu venom rus beast,
uNo'l IL Iif'IoNN sill VI uoIIOt tilC olSHt
of common house spider.
The writer shares in this dislike to Il
pr nfnl extent; in this case it is inherit.
ed from h ) grandfather. The genial
author of the Turkish Spy says that
he would far prefer sword in hand to
face lion lis desert Ia than 10
hav" "A spider crawl over him in the
dark. The cat. us we have previously
nrniiOned. has repeatedly been an OBJ
i-cl If aversion. The Duke Of Sch0m-
BERG, t.oagh a rcdUubtab,e sold en-
would moi st in the same room with n
eat. A courier of the emperor Ferdi-
nand carried this dislike so far as to
bleed 1T the nose on hearing IA cat NEW.
A weII-known officer of her majesty S
army. who has proved his strength and
courage in more than one campaign,
turns pale at the CHIT of II cat. On
one occasion when out to dinner. his
host. who was rather skept cal as to
.he reality of h $ feelings, concealed a
cat in IN ottoman in the dining-room.
Dinner was announced, but h guest
was evidently i'll at case; and at length
declared his nab lily to go on eating,
AZ he was sure there was cat in the
room. An apparently thorough, but
unava Ing search was made; but his
visitor was so upset that the host, with
many APOLOGIES for his experiment
.'et the cat out of the bag and out
of the ottoman at the same time. Lord
Laurlcrdale. on the other hand, declar-
ed that the mewing Of IL cat was TO h i'm
swe ter than any music, while he had
| h., IiS kn ~ thn lIta anI fhD
bagpipe. In this latter aversion he
was by no means singular. Dogs loo
have clme in for their share of dislike,
J DeMuS. ct cordially dctcstcd them.
When candidate for the academy he
called on prominent member. AT
the gate of the chateau a dirty, ugly
dog received him most affect onately,
and insisted on preceding him into
the dra wing room. DeMusset cursinS
h $ friends prediction for the brute.
| The academician entered and they
adjourned to the dining-roOn. the dog al
their heels. Sciz ny his opportun tv
the dog placed his muddy paws upon
'he spOil"ss cloth and carried off q
| bonnie OUrhe. ''rhe wretch wants
shooingr' was DeMusset's muttered
Thought, but he politely sa d.
"You are fond of dogs, ! seeP'
Fond OF dogs retorted tie acade-
mcian. 81 hate them"
But this animal hercP' Qucried De.
Musset.
81 have only tolerated it because
thought it was YOURS, sir. "
"Mine! exclaimed the poet: ''the
thought that IL was YOURS alone KEEP,
me from killing him"